The potential of this nation is as boundless as the imagination and drive of the American people. . . . Quality management is not just a step. It must be a new style of working. Even a new style of thinking. The dedication to quality and excellence is more than good business; it's a way of life.

The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united to reverse Iraq's conquest of Kuwait.

But I see history as a book with many pages--and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

It's not whether people like you but whether they share the bright dreams...and understand the heartbeat of the country.

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.